Sentence examples for Marked escalation from inspiring English sources

This was the first direct Israeli attack on a Syrian target in Lebanon since 1996, and a marked escalation from Israel's usual tit-for-tat exchanges with Hizbullah.To most Lebanese, the air strike was an unneeded reminder of the price they pay for playing host to a 30,000-strong Syrian "protection" force.

But the dead cats were a marked escalation in intimidation.

The response shows a marked escalation in tensions between Kim Jong-un's regime and the West.

Western diplomats talk of a marked escalation in dogfights between Turkish and Greek pilots over the Aegean.

Calling civilians to confront the Indian Army is a marked escalation and a likely invitation to more bloodshed.

Such a step would represent a marked escalation in the Greek government's campaign to retrieve the marbles.

The statement marked an escalation in rhetoric from his outbursts on the first day of his chaotic trial last Monday.

The speech marked another escalation in rising tensions between Washington and Beijing amid a deepening trade war and new military hostilities.

The exchange marked an escalation of an increasingly hostile battle between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill over Mr. Bush's judicial nominees.

Monday's fighting, which took place in several Cairo locations including outside the city's university and in the central Ramses Square, marked an escalation in Brotherhood tactics.

The films that marked the escalation, in writer's memory, were Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) and Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" (1969).